Bentos are multi-course meals packed into a decorative or compartmentalized box. Making bento could jazz up your lunch and make it more nutritionally balanced. Just Bento has a new free course on getting started with practical, everyday bento.

For many of us, even remembering to take lunch is difficult—either because we're too busy or because we're just not looking forward to the sandwich and chips we dropped off at the office fridge when we arrived. Still, lunch is important, and one easy way to hack your way to a better lunch is to add a lot of little…